Lead Security solution Architect

Active SC is mandatory

Rate: 475 Outside

Employment Type: Contract

About Scrumconnect

Scrumconnect is a leading force in technology consultancy, proudly contributing to over 20% of the UK’s most significant citizen-facing public services. Our award-winning team has delivered more than 64 services in the past two years, directly impacting over 50 million citizens and generating savings of £25 million for taxpayers.

We foster a collaborative community of consultants who thrive on knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous learning. Our mission is to combine advanced software engineering, human-centred design, and data-driven insights to deliver secure, resilient, and impactful digital services

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Security Solutions Architect to join our architecture capability. This role involves shaping secure system design across complex, high-risk government and enterprise environments. You will set vision and strategy, lead technical assurance, and provide thought leadership in innovative security approaches.

As a senior leader, you’ll influence design at the program level, mentor teams, and engage with senior stakeholders to guide risk-based, proportionate security decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Security Architecture Leadership
• Lead the design of secure systems and services across major programs.
• Develop and communicate a security vision, principles, and strategy.
• Drive adoption of secure design patterns across services.
• Governance & Assurance
• Lead assurance activities ensuring compliance with security requirements.
• Monitor and review technical solutions to identify risks, vulnerabilities, and improvements.
• Support risk-based decision making, balancing business and security needs.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
• Translate complex risk and security concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Act as a senior advisor to boards, executives, and departmental leads.
• Build alignment across departments and suppliers.
• Research, Innovation & Knowledge Sharing
• Track emerging technologies and propose innovative, secure applications.
• Actively contribute to the UK government and wider security community.
• Mentor junior architects and engineers, building organizational capability.

Skills & Experience Required

• Analysis (Practitioner): Monitor, review, and interpret technical solutions; identify areas for change and ensure analysis is shared across teams.
• Communication (Practitioner): Explain complex security concepts clearly and adapt communication style to achieve consensus.
• Designing Secure Systems (Practitioner): Create and review architectures, ensuring consistent application of secure design patterns.
• Risk-Based Decision Making (Practitioner): Advise on and support proportionate responses to complex security risks.
• Research & Innovation (Practitioner): Recommend and design emerging technologies for organizational adoption.
• Security Technology (Expert): Lead on technical security; explain complex architectures, identify vulnerabilities, and guide secure implementation.
• Transformation Security (Practitioner): Interpret political, business, and legal contexts to ensure secure transformation delivery.

Where You’ll Work

Your working time will be split between:

• HQ & hub locations
• Client sites (as required)
• Remote/home-based working

We embrace flexible, hybrid work arrangements and value diversity in all forms. At Scrumconnect, your expertise will shape the trust, resilience, and safety of digital services relied upon by millions of UK citizens.